Turkey agrees to partially pay for Russian gas supplies in rubles

Ukrainian forces reportedly launched an attack on critical Russian military-industrial sites overnight on May 8, striking an oil refinery as well as the branch of a defense technology center, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

The figure includes 1,130 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed that Ukraine's military launched dozens of drones towards the Russian capital throughout the night on May 8, just one day before Moscow is set to stage its annual Victory Day military parade.

U.S. President Donald Trump told ABC News that the strikes against Iran were "just a love tap" and that the ceasefire remains in effect.

"(Russia) wants permission from Ukraine to hold their parade, so they can safely march onto the square for one hour once a year, and then go back to killing our people and waging war again," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned the Armenian ambassador on May 7, saying it was "incomprehensible" for Yerevan to host Zelensky days earlier.

Perm lies 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) from the Ukrainian border. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 7 that Ukraine would answer Russia's ceasefire violations with "long-range sanctions."

The warning came after President Volodymyr Zelensky said the fate of Russia's May 9 military parade "depends" on Ukraine's army.

"Residents attempting to buy food or flee in private vehicles are being targeted by Russian drone attacks," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said.

A 2,400-hectare forest fire is burning in Chernihiv Oblast near the Russian border, where emergency crews say Russian drones are preventing firefighters from reaching the area.

Anonymous accounts have used a video of a train fire from earlier this week to claim a Ukrainian drone struck a Latvian railway. Latvian authorities have refuted the claim as deliberate disinformation.

The decision could lead to Belarus being fully reinstated in international sports, including allowing athletes to compete under the national flag.